Dec. 18, 2020 6:00 am ET
Federal officials are taking a page from the playbook used during the H1N1 pandemic in plans to speed vials of Moderna Inc.âs Covid-19 vaccine to thousands of locations if the shot is cleared for use by U.S. regulators.
The U.S. rollout plan for the Moderna vaccine and any others authorized after that relies on McKesson Corp. , one of the worldâs largest drug wholesalers, as a go-between to manage the shipment of shots as well as syringes and other supplies needed for inoculations.
The strategy contrasts with Pfizer Inc.âs distribution effort for the vaccine it developed with partner
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Health experts warn of false sense of security as vaccine rolls out
Resist false sense of security as vaccine rolls out, health experts warn By Jasmine Ramirez | December 14, 2020 at 6:00 PM MST - Updated December 14 at 6:17 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - As the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine began rolling out Monday, healthcare experts warn to not allow the vaccine’s arrival to create a false sense of security especially during the holidays.
Dr. Sudha Nagalingam, the Medical Director of El Rio’s HIV Infectious Disease Clinic, said Arizona’s recent spike in cases likely tracks back to Thanksgiving when people loosened restrictions and met with family and friends.
The cold chain is just one of the challenges in distributing vaccines worldwide.
There are plenty of others: decisions about priority populations and databases to keep track of who s received what vaccine, where and when. Additionally, different vaccines may have more or less efficacy with different population groups; and governments will need PR campaigns to persuade people that vaccines are safe.
But the logistics of transporting and storing vaccines getting them from the factory gate to the patient s arm are critical. And as most vaccines are likely to require two doses, the whole chain needs must be repeated within weeks.
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